Transfer device



April 5 1927. J' MOORES TRANSFER DEVICE 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fil'ed March 14. 1923 v Joac. Momes l me/MH -April 5, 1927. 1,623,357

' J. MOORES TRANSFER DEVICE Filed March 1.4. 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 @Honing f April s, 1927. 1, -z22.,:,57v

J. MOORES TRANSFER DEVICE Filed March 14. 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet s nwntof,

Joet. Mdoae abran/aq' April 5,1927'.4 1,623,357

J. MOORES TRANSFER DEVICE Filed March 14. 192:5 4 sheets-sheet 4 Joa. Momes attenua:

Patented Apr. 5,VV 1927.

TRANSFER DEMIQEL My, inventq relttes. toftransffer levies, to beH used 1n bakeples, and; the 11kg. 111!` @Qnjunction with machines for cuttqngtcakes' fer f c151 pans Qttrylng. .the Cut wake@ imm Vthe frame The frame supports, at its upper end, longitudinally extending shafts f39and740 that are driven from the shaft '36 in any suitable manner; such as by means ofi spiral gears contained within a suit-v ablel housing 4l. The .shafts 39 and V40 4'carryy sprockets`42 about Wliichriextend end,v less chains 43 carrying angle irons 44:, Vthe Y angle irons carried by .the chains 43 are iol disposed in horizontalfplanes, whereby each pair of angle irons 44 Will supporta tray Y and Vwill convey the trays vertically. The

gearsof theseveral mechanisms are so re-. lated thatl whenfcorrespoiiding index characters and 46 carried'by the index 38 and 23 respectively, are disposed inl the same relationl to a" suitable indicating mark 47 and` 48` carried 'bythe casings 49 and 50"of saidilflX-geara'the cutting device and the y Vconveyor 8 will be actuated in synchronism,

' wherebytoV e'ectan'automatic discharge of j pans-from the cutting device upona deter-V minablepair Voifangle irons 44v of the conveyor`8. The panspasSing from the cuttingV Vby meansk ofthe lugs 1.20.` Afterthe lugs kv120 cease tooperateV upon the pans, the rear devicev 7 are projected into thev conveyor 8 most end of the pan engages the yielding bars` "51c arried' bythe inclined lflanges 52 formedon the trame 1410i the cutting de-V vice. 1 cutting device may be :moved to and'fromoperati've positions in relation 'to theconveyor 8,and may be secured in operativerelationshipto` the trame. 35' of the conveyor `8V by any suitable means such Yas f angle plates 53VV carried by the cutting device '75, and suitable bolts 54. VVlien'the cutting f {devicevis in its. operative position in relation totheconveyor 8,-.the lower ends of the in` clinedvilianges; 52 Vand yielding bars 51 are j disposed immediately adjacent the vertical line of movement of the angle 4irons 44. In

l Fig. 3. is shown a pan 55 in the act of movef mentV from thefcutting device 7 to a pair of anglev irons 44. VAlfter the angle plates 44 areY moved'downward,yethe coeoperation of theforce of gravity and the yielding plates 51 `,serve `to slide and v guide the pans 55 downwardly and forwardly so vas to dispose the pan 55 in -such position that it Will clear Vthe Vlower edge of the inclined r flanges or hplates`52, and yielding bars 51 and will'be vertically upward.

carried-.onward by the angle plates 44. `The ldevice will also function for transferring pans 55 to theangle plates 44 when' moving '.Iii theoperatioii of my device, an attendant first positions the cutting device 7 yin 0" operative relation to the conveyor 8.

The sprocket V3,2 would 'then be actuated until fthe indexvgears 38 and 23 were in proper positions as described. The chain 33 would lthen be.. applied about the sprockets 32 and :36W Movement is imparted to the vshaft 36 from any suitable source such as' the motor 56 and suitable shafting and gears shown generally at 57. An attendant would then place pans carrying articles to be cut upon e Y the table 9, whereupon vthe lugs 120 would carry thel pans 55 below the cutting discs and wouldvproject the pans between-the Y angle vplate 44 disposed at opposite sidesv of l.' In a device of `the class described the y combination of a vertical conveyor comprising pairs of vertically moving angle plates for receiving trays, a horizontal 'conveyor comprising horizontally moving lugs for moving trays into the plates of movement ofk the anglevplates, and inclined plates having i their upper ends disposed Vin substantial. horizontal alignment with the normal'line of movement of yaftray carried by the horizontal conveyor and having their lower ends disposed immediately adjacentV the line of` f movement of the angle plates whereby trays discharged by the horizontal 'conveyor' may engage the'inclined platesand be moved under theinfluenceof gravity for posi tion-y ing'traysupon the angle plates, means forV siylnch'ronouslyl actuating theV conveyors, and indexing ,means for 'determining the rela'- Y tionship'of the lugs'iand theV anglel plates whereby to permit relative adjustmentof the lugs and the angle plates for eecting synchronous cooperation .ot the conveyors. 2. The combination ofa verticalconveyor for pans,va`horizoiital conveyor for pans, the horizontal conveyor having its dischargeend spaced from the vertical conveyor, the

horizontal conveyor adapted to project pans into the path of thevertical conveyor, an Vinclined plate extending between the conveyors and a yielding bar carried by the in# clined plate for engagement by pansrprojected into the path ofthe vei'ticalcoiiveyor, i'

the movement of the pans by thekk vertical conveyor over the yielding 'bar servin to bring the pans wholly beyond the inclined Y plate and yielding bar.

3. In a devicejof the combination of a pair ofV cooperating non- .overlapping endless conveyors for `moving pans in different directions of plates interclass described, the l.

posed between the conveyors for engagement by pans'inoving between the conveyors, the pans and plates cooperating for utilizing niotioiiimparted -to the pans by the conveyors for moving the` pansY over theplates Y il and from one conveyor to the other conveyor. ,Y 4. The combination of non-overlapping verticalv and horizontal conveyors forvpans, ythe second conveyor that the pan may move y'and an angular plate extending betweenv the beyondthe inclined plate.

conveyors andyover which plate pans are pro- In testimony whereof, I` have hereunto 10 jected'by one conveyor into the path of the subscribed my name this seventh day 0f` second conveyor, the second conveyor adapt- March, 1923.

ed to move a pan along theinclined plate` for bringing the pan into such position on v JOEL MOORES. 

